Transport 03
Transport 03 : (1) The deliberate physical movement of radioactive materials (other than those forming part of the means of propulsion) from one place to another. The term transportation is also used, particularly in US English or where there is a need to distinguish this meaning of transport from meaning (2). international nuclear transport: The carriage of a consignment of nuclear material by any means of transportation intended to go beyond the territory of the State where the shipment originates beginning with the departure from a facility of the shipper in that State and ending with the arrival at a facility of the receiver within the State of ultimate destination. More recent texts use the term transboundary movement for a similar concept. (2) The movement of something as a result of being carried by a medium. A general term used when a number of different processes are involved. The most common examples are heat transport - a combination of advection, convection, etc. in a cooling medium - and radionuclide transport in the environment - which could include processes such as advection, diffusion, sorption and uptake
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